Grace Is Gone

Grace Is Gone

A story about one father's love and courage

2007•1h 25m•6.6/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(153)

Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.

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Production

Benedek Films, Plum Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

John Cusack

John Cusack

Stanley Philipps

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

John Philipps

Gracie Bednarczyk

Gracie Bednarczyk

Dawn Philipps

Shélan O'Keefe

Shélan O'Keefe

Heidi Philipps

Doug Dearth

Doug Dearth

Captain Riggs

Doug James

Chaplain Johnson

Emily Churchill

Emily Churchill

First Woman

Rebecca Spence

Rebecca Spence

Second Woman

Jennifer Tyler

Third Woman

Susan Messing

Fourth Woman

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Woman at Pool

Zachary Gray

Zachary Gray

Boy at Pool

Penny Slusher

Ear Piercer

Dana Lynne Gilhooley

Grace Phillips

Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place

Woman at Funeral

Katie Honaker

Katie Honaker

Voice of Grace Phillips (voice)

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